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4 unusual facts about Lackawanna County


La Plume

:For the township of this name, see La Plume Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Louis J. Carpellotti

Carpellotti was born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.

Paul Plishka

Plishka comes from Old Forge, Pennsylvania, and Paterson, New Jersey; his parents were American-born children of Ukrainian immigrants.

Samuel Meredith

He spent time in Carbondale Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where the local fire department bears his name.


Anthony F. McNulty

As the Democratic Party (USA) Representative from the 8th District for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania during the House’s 1881 Session, McNulty sat on the House’s standing committees for Iron and Coal Companies, Bureau of Statistics and Centennial Affairs.

Carbondale Area School District

The Carbondale Area School District is a small, suburban school district that provides education services to the children residing in the City of Carbondale and Fell Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

James Archbald

He was nominated at the Lackawanna County Convention held at Wilkes-Barre September 4, 1866, to represent the 133rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad

Beginning in Scranton in Lackawanna County, the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg line followed the west shore of the Lackawanna River through the Wyoming Valley, passing through Old Forge on the way to Duryea in Luzerne County.

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Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Edward Staback, Democrat, 115th district, also Represents part of Lackawanna County.


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North Pocono School District

Among the public school districts in Lackawanna County, the highest increase went to Scranton School District which got a 6.46% increase Ninety school Pennsylvania public school districts received a 2% increase.